Phys.org December 14, 2020
Transparent electronics—such as head-up displays that allow pilots to read flight data while keeping their eyes ahead of them. For healthcare applications the electronics should be sufficiently flexible to conform to skin. Although silver nanowire networks meet these criteria, the current methods of development create random nanowire alignment that is insufficient for advanced applications. Researchers in Japan used high-resolution printing to fabricate centimeter-scale cross-aligned silver nanowire arrays, with reproducible feature sizes from 20 to 250 micrometers. The microelectrodes-based organic field-effect transistors exhibited excellent multi-functionality. The sheets were well-suited for transparent electronics. As a proof-of-concept for functionality, they used their arrays to detect electrophysiological signals from plants…read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLEÂ
Wet-process of Ag nanowires-based transparent electrode and cross-aligned nanowires… Advanced Intelligent Systems. Credit: Advanced Intelligent Systems